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Deadline for Palmer candidates to run in town election nears
The annual election is June 25. PALMER - Tuesday is the last day to take out and return nomination papers to run for positions in the annual town election on June 25. The following three-year...
View ArticleNorthampton gay pride parade draws thousands spreading a message of support...
Attendees said they were thrilled to see the parade and celebrate a day of pride and community. Watch video Thousands of people lined the streets of Northampton Saturday afternoon for the 32nd annual...
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Israel enforces 'red line' with Syria airstrike
With a second airstrike against Syria in four months, Israel enforced its own red line of not allowing game-changing weapons to reach Lebanon's Hezbollah, a heavily armed foe of the Jewish state and...
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Rally in Springfield calls for reform of immigration laws
One of the bills would allow illegal immigrants to legally obtain a driver's license. State Rep. Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, far right, who co-sponsored the event, marches with supporters of immigration...
View ArticleWestfield teens work to clean up downtown area of litter and graffiti
Sgt. Eric D. Hall of the Westfield Police Department Community Police Unit spearheaded the project in an effort to remove trash from the downtown area of the city and eradicate graffiti that has...
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Springfield, Chicopee fire departments battle brush fires
There have been multiple fires across Western Massachusetts for the past two weeks. Fire Departments in Springfield and Chicopee have been fighting a total of four brush fires Saturday afternoon....
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Gerbils strut their stuff at New England pageant
By RODRIQUE NGOWI BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The American Gerbil Society's annual pageant brought dozens of rodents scurrying to New England this weekend for a chance to win "top gerbil." The Bedford...
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Eight die, including Seven U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan attacks
One of the deadliest days in months included a roadside bombing and a fatal shooting by an Afghan soldier Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday,...
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FBI keeps up pressure on widow of killed bombing suspect
Agents are conducting a very public investigation of surveillance of Katherine Russell Tsarnaev. Katherine Russell TsarnaevAssociated Press BOSTON – Every time the widow of suspected Boston Marathon...
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National Rifle Association, gun control advocates say fight far from over
"We will never surrender our guns, never," LaPierre told several thousand people during the organization's annual member meeting, which is part of the yearly NRA convention being held this weekend in...
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Cooler weathers helps calm Southern California wildfire
On Saturday, officials said the 43-square-mile fire was 30 percent contained. Fire crews maintain the lines at Port Ugu, California.Associated Press CAMARILLO, Calif. – A big cool-down in weather...
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Officials at the 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center say admission fee needed
The decision to charge for the underground museum housing relics of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks has been greeted with dismay by some relatives of 9/11 victims. By KAREN MATTHEWS NEW YORK —...
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Issues back home trail Obama on Latin America trip
Obama’s stops in Mexico and Costa Rica marked his first visit to Latin America since winning re-election. President Barack Obama returns to the White House from a trip to Costa Rica and...
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Philadelphia abortion murder trial has national impact
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is charged with killing five people – a patient and four viable babies that prosecutors say were born alive. Dr. Kermit Gosnell's former facility, the Women's Medical Society,...
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Arlington National Cemetery's expansion plans attract skeptics
Critics say the Millennium Project, as the 27-acre expansion is called, doesn't fit the historic site, would damage a stream and raze hundreds of trees in place since the Civil War. By SUSAN SYRLUGA...
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One of three Tsarnaev friends accused of lying after bombings seeks release
A UMass Dartmouth student, who is accused of lieing about his involvement in covering up Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's involvement in the Boston Marathon Bombing, seeks release from federal custody pending...
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16 Acres graduation party leaves several wounded, 1 in serious condition
Police responded to the report of a fight from a Wilbraham Road accident (Republican file photo by Robert Rizzuto) SPRINGFIELD — Three people were hospitalized following a fracas at a Sixteen Acres...
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Traffic violation results in drug bust, 3 arrests
A custom compartment designed to hide durgs was found in the suspect vehilce. Mass. State Police STURBRIDGE — A stop by a Massachusetts StatePolice trooper for a lane violation turned into a drug...
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Northampton arson fires: Guide to the trial of Anthony Baye
Baye's trial, to be held in Springfield's Hampden Superior Court, is expected to last two to three weeks. The trial of accused serial arsonist Anthony Baye begins Monday in Hampden Superior Court in...
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Anthony Baye murder, arson trial in connection with Northampton fires set to...
Since the new indictments were handed down last July, the two sides have been wrestling over the evidence in a series of motions and pretrial conferences. Anthony Baye appears for his status...
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